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the Tikki tikki tembo video was a cool, I think that is definately something you could do as a class to read the story together. I like the narration of the story eventhough nthe name was so long and hard to pronounce. The activity was fun and entertaining as well.

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Scrawny Middle school student Greg Heffley takes the readers through a school year's worth of junior high drama. Greg's mother makes him to write in a diary she bought for him, in it he highlights each day's events, along with his comic illustrations. Jeff Kinney writes the story in perfect pre-teen form and the illustrations are a hilarious addition to Greg's seemingly crackling voice. the funniest part is on Halloween, Greg and his best friend, Rowley, hide from some high school boys at Greg's grandmother's house. They taunt the bullies, who then toilet paper her house. Greg's then writes in his journal, "I do feel a little bad, because it looked like it was gonna take a long time to clean up. But on the bright side, Gramma is retired, so she probably didn't have anything planned for today anyway." Kinney does a great job of portraying a year in the life of a teenager. The concepts will bring back memories for older readers as well as relate to the pre teens reading the book.

chapter 7

PICTURE BOOKS! I love picture books they are very interactive and enjoyable too look at. They are as much pieces of art as they are literature. A good picture book in my opinion, has vivid colors and supports the writing on the pages so that the reader can see a visual representation of the authors work. The main reason I feel that picture books are so popular is that there is no age limit that they can be used with, I as a college student love picture books. The amazing thing is that a picture book can deliver a whole story in a limited amount of words. I think they can be used to an advantage in the classroom because they can help thinking, writing, and communication skills. There are wordless picture books out there that students could look at and create their own text to and share with the classroom. I think picture books are a great teaching tool that can help promote literacy in the classroom.

chapter 6

I really enjoyed traditional literature growing up, coming from a Mexican-American background my family prides itself on passing down stories from generation to generation. Traditional literature is a window into different cultures and allows the author to experience and become a part of it. In class we watched the video Anansi which was traditional literature from the African American culture. The people of that time created stories to explain as well as entertain while explaining why things are. The best thing about traditional literature is that it is ever changing and is still relevant no matter what time period it is told. As a future teacher I think that it is important that we expose our children as much as possible to this genre of literature and will have many books like this in my classroom library.

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Matthew McElligott
Two bugs gather some beans for a party they try to group them so that everyone will get an even amount of beans, there is just one problem, the unlucky bean thirteen! No matter what the bugs do they cannot divide the beans equally and don't want the bad luck that comes with the thirteenth bean. This book is a great way to introduce division to your students, the pictures go along with the division and is an awesome visual for the students to see how division works. Matthew Mcelligot has the unique ability of creating great childrens stories that are filled with math concepts. Another great math story to check out is The Lion's share aloso by mcelligot.

chapter 4

I agree with the chapter in the sense that the way we respond to literature depends on our schema about the concepts in the book. The more schema we have the better response we will have to the book, and cause us to read more literature like it. I think this is an important issue that we as future teachers need to take into consideration when we introduce any type of literature to our students. If the students don't have the schema to understand or make sense of a certain work the teacher should hold discussions as a class to build it up and give the students some type of exposure so they can make connections or at least learn something from what they read. The subject of efferent and aesthetic reading is also an important issue, i think that efferent reading is pushed strongly in the classroom and makes it a chore to the students. The classroom should foster the idea that we should read for personal enjoyment and not put so much emphasis on testing whether you read the book or not and writing book reports.